Seven people have died and another one remained missing after a farm vehicle carrying nine people fell into a roadside ditch in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said Thursday.
The accident happened at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the rural township of Shawo in Jingtai County, the Gansu Provincial Work Safety Bureau said in a statement.
Rescuers are still searching for the missing person, it said.
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